Brake control mechanism



Feb. 10, 1942-.

BRAKE CONTROL. MECHANISM Filed Dec. 19, 19:59 I 2 Sheets-:Sheetl INVENTORS 0.9. BAKER C.R. ROGERS W. O. BECH MAN I BY @OMLQCD.

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Patented Feb. 1Q, 1942 gazes? BRAKE CONTROL lHECHANISM David B. Baker, Riverside, Clifford R. Rogers, Oak Park, and William 0. Bechman, Chicago, 111., assignors to International Harvester Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application December 19, 1939, Serial No. 310,020

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a brake control mechanism for a vehicle, andlmore particularly to such a mechanism for a vehicle of the tractor type, in which the brake mechanisms are contained respectively in the housings formingpart An important object is to provide means for locking the brake mechanism in applied position.

Another object is to provide means within easy reach of and controllable by the vehicle operator for locking the brake mechanism in position or releasing the sametherefrom.

And, another objectis to provide a brake mechanism and control arrangement in which a major portion of the brakemechanism and operating linkage is entirely enclosed within a.

housing forming .part of the vehicle, and wherein th adjustable parts are disposed outside of the housing to be readily accessible for easy adjustment.

Briefly and specifically, these and other important objects and features are attained in one preferred form of the invention in connection with a vehicle of the crawler tractor type. The tractor includes a main frame having a housing containing the brake mechanism. The housing also contains a major portion of the operating linkage for the brakdmechanism. A transverse rockshaft is joumaled in thehoiising, and its inner end is associated with the brake mechanism connecting linkage and its outer end with an upstanding arm rigidly carried thereon. An upwardly extendingbrake pedal is journaled on the rock-shaft and extends upwardly through the platform adjacent the operator's station. Re-

' compartment l2.

Figure 2 is a partial end view, taken substan-, tially along the line 2-2 of Figure l; and,

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view, illustrating the relation between the control member and the operating rock-shaft.

The construction illustrated herein for the purposes of disclosing the present invention is a tractor construction including a main frame or main body I0, at the rear end of which is located an enlarged housing portion ll provided with a This compartment I2 is one of a pair of said compartments housing portions of the final drive mechanism, as is well understood by those skilled in the art. For the pur poses of the present invention, since both sides of the vehicle are the same, only one side is illustrated and described.

The compartment I2 is. open at its top, and is closed by a cover plate in the form of a platform l3, extending longitudinally of th body Ill and including an operator's station generally repre drum I6 is encircled by a brake band I8, preferably formed of three parts pivotally interconnected by transverse pins l9. One end of the brake band assembly is connectedg zthrough the medium of a connecting bolt 20, to a lever arm 2| of a bell-crank 22 carried on a transverse rock-shaft 23 located at the bottom of the compartment l2. The crank 22 includes a second arm 24, to which the other end of the band assembly I8 is connected. The bell-crank 22 is rigidly secured to the rock-shaft 23 and is adapted to be rocked bya forwardly and upwardly leasable means connect the arm and the pedal for movement together, this means permitting adjustment of the arm or the pedal without interfering with the other. The frame also carries a locklng means readily accessible to a tractor operator for locking the brake pedal in depressed position. A more complete understanding of these and other desirable objects of the invention may be had from the following detailed description taken in: conjunction with the accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein:

Figur 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section, showing the relation between the brake mechanism and th control means;

extending arm 25, which is also rigidly carried by the rock-shaft. The bottom of the compartment i2 is formed with an opening 26 normally closed by a removable cover plate 21. This plate may be removed to provide access to the brake operating parts previously described.

The housing u includes a forwardly extend ing portion 28 providing a secondary housing 29 extending forwardly along one side of the body It. A transverse rock-shaft 30 is-journaled in the body at this point, .the inner end of the rock-shaft carrying rigidly thereon a downwardly dependingarm 3| pivotally connected by a compression link 32 to the forward and upper end of the operating arm 25. It will be seen that angular movement of the rock-shaft 30 will cause tightening of the brake band assembly l8 about the drum l6 of the rotating part IS.

The rock-shaft 30 carries rigidly thereon at its end outside the housing an upstanding arm or member in the form of a plate 33 having. an

upper planar portion extending generally arouately in the direction of movement thereof. As shown in Figure 1, this part 33 is formed generally as a segment of a circle and has formed therein an arcuate slot 34. The outer face of said member at opposite sides of the slot 34 is serrated or formed with a plurality of angularly spaced notches, as at 35.

All of the parts just described are located be low the platform II, which, as shown in Figure 2, extends laterally of the body it over the upper portion of the member 33. The rock-shaft II has iournaied at the outer end thereof, adjacent the member or plate 33, an upwardly extending control member in the form of'a brake arm Ii including a brake pedal 3'1 at the-upper endthereof. The platform I3 is forme'd'with an elongated, longitudinally extending slot 38, which accommodates the brake pedal arm and movement thereof. The manner in which the.

brake pedal arm is attached to the rock-shaft It is shown in detail in Fig. 3. The other end of the rock-shaft ll is provided with an axially threaded bore II intowhich a stud ll is threadedtoholdthe armllinplace.

An intermediate portion of the arm I is provided with an integral arcuate portion ll, which in the assembly is arranged below the platform It generally cooperative with the arcuate portion of the member 33. The portion 4| is adapted to receive a bolt I! which extends through theslot 34- in the member 33. This bolt receives a nut 48, which clamps the parts 33 and fl'together. The arcuateportion ll of the member 31 is preferably notched or serrated to cooperate with portion 38 of the member Il,'to provide for movement of the parts together as clamped in selected position by the bolt 42. The innermost end of the bolt 42 is connected to the forward end of a return spring I carried by a forward wallportionof thehousing ll,asbestshownin Figure 1. The arcu'ate portion 4| is -provided along its upper edge with a series of notches ll.

sition of the brake pedal arm it may be adiusted to suit the desires of the vehicle operator. This selected positioning is accomplished by first loosening the bolt 42, which connects the parts 33 and 38 together, and then moving the part it until'the brake pedal is disposed in the desired The bolt II is 888m tightened. It

willbe noted. that this adjustment may take place without varying the position of the member 33. Since this member a is carried rigidly y the rock-shaft 88, it follows that adjustment of the brake hand assembly ll is not interfered with.

Conversely. the arrangement provides for ad- .iustment ofthe brake mechanism without interfering with the selected position of the brake pedal arm 88. Such adjustment becomes necessaryasthcbrakeband llbecomesworn. This justment is made by first loosening the bolt 42 and then moving the-part it angularly until the desired adjustment is attained. The brake been provided for the brake mechanism of a vehicle and that certain special arrangements have been made for adjusting parts of the operating mechanism independently of other parts.

The platform I! is formed with a second opening ll located rearwardly of the aforementioned opening 3|. The under side of the platform at this point carries a bracket 41 having a depend ingearonwhichispivotedalockingmembfer 48. The member 48, while pivoted belowvthe platform It. extends above the platform through the opening 40 therein, thus disposing a portion of the locking'member improximity to the operator's station I I. The portion of the member it below the platform I! is provided with a portion adapted to engage any; one of the notches ll in the portion ll of the part 31. The-locking member 48 is thus readily releasable from or engageable with the brake pedal arm to permit free movement of the arm or tolock the same in depressed position with the brake applied. The member ll normally remains in disengaged position because of the weight of that portion thereof which extends above the platform It.

-1 h the operation of the brake control mechanism the brake pedal member 3! is, of course, utilized to actuate the brake mechanism for applying the brake. As previously mentioned, the brake pedal member may be locked in any selected position by means of engagement between the locking member 88 and the-notches formed on the portion ll of the arm W The po- It will be appreciated, of course, that only a preferred constmction has been shown and that numerou modifications and alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a vehicle including a frame having a housing, drive mechanism for the vehicle, and brake mechanism for-,the driving mechanism and included within said-housing, the combination with the brake mechanism of operating means therefor including a rock-shaft iournaled on the frame and extending within and without the housing, operating linkage contained wholly within the housing and operatively connected between the brake mechanism and the housed end of the rock-shaft, an arm rigidly carried on the rock-shaft outside the housing, a control member ioumaled on the rock-shaft outside the housing and adjacent the arm, and releasable means securing the arm and member together for movement together, said means being release able to permit relative'movement between the arm and member for varying the position of one independently oi the"other.

DAVID B. BAKER: CIHFORD R. ROGEERQ. WILLIAM 0. BECmdAN. 

